Donna Douglas, who died Thursday, found lasting fame in her role as Elly May Clampett on the CBS sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies." But it was a small role she had two years before that has arguably had a more lasting impact. It was her first,...

After writing such live TV dramas as "Requiem for Heavyweight" and "The Comedian," Rod Serling created the 1959-64 CBS sci-fi anthology series "The Twilight Zone," which he also hosted. Serling won Emmys for his writing on...

“Boom!” Shavo Odadjian of System of a Down, the Grammy-winning metal band with a penchant for one-word song titles, has listed his Woodland Hills home at $1.1 million.
Designed for entertaining and family living, the Traditional-style house was built...

One of the last remaining stars of Hollywood's golden era, Mickey Rooney was born to vaudeville parents, and appeared with them onstage by the age of 1. He became a star when he was signed to play the part of comic book hero Mickey McGuire in a series...

Let’s give credit where credit is due. It was screenwriter Rod Serling who came up with the stunning ending to the original “Planet of the Apes” movie, which opened in 1968.
You know the one: The character of Taylor, played with set-chewing panache by...

Emmy-winning producer Alan Landsburg thrived on variety during a five-decade career in Hollywood. Among his hundreds of credits were documentaries, the pioneering naturalist series "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" and issue-driven...

Hollywood had a hard time saying "no" to Gary Shusett.
In the early 1970s, he co-founded Sherwood Oaks Experimental College, a professional school devoted to the craft of filmmaking, and kept it going for the rest of his life by brandishing a...

I really want to hear this public service announcement scored with spooky music, and a Rod Serling voice-alike saying: “That’s the signpost up ahead. Your next stop -- the texting zone!”
New York state is testing out a little more carrot to help along...

Before his death in 1975 at age 50, Rod Serling was one of the top Emmy Award-winning writers during the golden age of live TV drama of the 1950s, penning such acclaimed dramas as "Patterns," "Requiem for a Heavyweight" and "The...

The beard has been validated.
After a critically praised freshman season, "Homeland" scored nine Emmy nominations that resulted in six wins, including outstanding drama series actor for Damian Lewis and actress for Claire Danes. Yet, Mandy...

Russell Johnson's fateful trip started with a three-hour tour in 1964 and lasted the rest of his life.
A handsome war veteran who grew up in a Philadelphia orphanage, Johnson spent 14 years playing bad guys in TV and movie westerns. Then he reluctantly...

"Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey," is a 21st-century reboot of the groundbreaking 1980 PBS series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage." The original, hosted by renowned astronomer Carl Sagan, was a top-rated phenomenon that has been viewed by...

Liberal Hollywood has been taking a beating in recent days, thanks to the fallout from a provocative new expose called “Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story Of How the Left Took Over Your TV.” Written by Ben Shapiro, a 27-year-old ...